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The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) together with Kumasi Metro Education directorate early today commissioned a three physical infrastructure projects and handed over to the authorities of these three schools in the Kumasi metropolis. The projects includes a 6-Unit Classroom Block with furnitures at Adumanu within the Bantama Sub-Metro. Commissioning of …

  Dafeamekpor South Dayi Member of Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has alleged regarding corruption in Ghana that parents are currently paying bribes to secure admissions into the various senior high schools (SHSs) for their children. He says that the bribes are being demanded at the centers where the students are placed …

  BY: JOHN KWAME DUODU (SIR JOHN) NPP CONSTITUENCY FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN ATWIMA NWABIAGYA SOUTH. THE ASHANTI REGIONAL TESCON PATRON. MEMBER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TESCON PATRONS. TESCON CHIEF PATRON, ROYAL ANN COLLEGE OF HEALTH. Once again, Ghana stands at the crossroads of major political decision-making, where the actions taken today …

  The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has challenged persons who allege corruption to back it with evidence. She said it is not enough to make wild allegations of corruption without evidence. “One thing that we should always remember is that …

The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) has kicked against the imposition of 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity for residential customers. They have demanded the government to withdraw the levy before Wednesday, January 31, 2024, as it would worsen the plight of the masses. The government has outlined the rationale …

The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Morgan Ayawine, has said that his members will join organised labour to withdraw their services if government goes ahead to implement the 15 percent VAT on electricity. He said the implementation of this tax will worsen the plight of …

Corruption Perceptions Index report by Transparency International, released today, Tuesday, January 30, has ranked Ghana in the 70th position out of 180 countries monitored. This is the fourth position since the 2020 ranking by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII). The local chapter of Transparency International. The Corruption Perception Index from …

With Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) joining the Senior Staff Association of Ghana and Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) in laying down their tools, Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been forced to temporarily shut down its basic school. The three unions …

The flag bearer of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Dr. Christian Kwabena Andrews, has described the 24- hour economic policy by John Dramani Mahama, former president and the flag bearer of the new opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as joke and hoax which should not be taken …

Dozens of passengers have been robbed at gun point by some suspected armed robbers on the deplorable Manso Nkwanta road in the Ashanti Region leaving one injured. The suspects numbering five, according to victims,robbed passengers of their monies, phones and other valuables at Denyaase stretch of the road. The incident …